A case of obstructive sleep apnoea is reported that was caused by a dermoid cyst of the floor of the mouth and cured by surgery.

The diagnosis of sleep apnea has exploded in the last 10 years. Sleep apnea was always a problem; we just didn’t have the resources readily available for testing and diagnosis. Now, there are sleep labs in even small communities and large cities typically have dozens of sleep labs and several accredited sleep centers. This increase in diagnostic capabilities has lead to a great increase of pati...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To develop and demonstrate the utility of measures of sleep continuity based on survival analysis techniques. DESIGN Retrospective. SETTING University sleep laboratory. PATIENTS Anonymous nocturnal polysomnograms from 10 normal subjects, 10 subjects with mild sleep disordered breathing (SDB) (apnea-hypopnea index [AHI], 15-30/hr), and 10 subjects with moderate/severe SDB ...

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common condition that increases the risk of complications for patients undergoing sedation and/or general anesthesia. The purpose of this quality improvement project was to promote evidence-based practice for nurses to screen patients with OSA in the perioperative setting. A step-by-step team process was implemented using the Iowa Model of Evidence-Based Pract...

In this issue of Weatherly et al. [ ] have described in their article, Identification and Evaluation of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Prior to Adenotonsillectomy in Children: A survey of Practice Patterns, how otolaryngologists approach sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in children. Based on this study, SDB has overtaken recurrent throat infections as the major surgical indication for adenotonsillecto...

UNLABELLED Despite the significant prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) in children, the diagnosis and treatment of this condition is still challenging due to the difficulties inherent to objectively assessing the disease's severity. OBJECTIVE To verify whether the Portuguese version of the Obstructive Sleep Apnea-18 (OSA-18) survey is as valid as its original version in Engl...